Basic information:
Chinese name: Lei Jun
Nationality: China.
Ethnic group: Han nationality
Place of birth: Xiantao
Date of birth: December 16, 1969
Occupation: entrepreneur
Graduate school: Wuhan University
Current position: CEO of Xiaomi Technology
Resume:
Born in Xiantao City, Hubei Province on December 16th, 1969.
Graduated from the former mian yang Middle School (now xiantao middle school, Hubei Province) in 1987.
In 1991, he graduated from the Computer Department of Wuhan University with a Bachelor of Science degree, and was employed as an honorary professor of Wuhan University in 1998. Co-authored books such as In-depth DOS Programming and In-depth Windows Programming.
Joined Jinshan Company in early 1992.
In August 1992, he became the manager of Beijing Development Department of Jinshan Company, and later served as the deputy general manager of Zhuhai Company.
In 1994, he became the general manager of Beijing Jinshan Software Company.
In August 1998, he began to serve as the general manager of Jinshan Company. During this period, his career from software research and development to market operation, and finally to the management of high-tech enterprises, he successfully organized and developed a series of products and successfully organized a series of market operations.
Former president and CEO of Jinshan Company (Lei Jun) Tu 2 was hired as an honorary professor by Wuhan University in 1998.
In 1999, he invested in Joyo and Xiaoyao, and became the chairman of Joyo.
In 1999, 2000 and 2002, he was honored as one of the top ten IT people in China.
After the reorganization of the company’s shareholding system at the end of 2000, he became the president of Beijing Jinshan Software Co., Ltd.
At the end of 2000, he was hired as a consultant of Beijing Municipal Government.
In 2001, he was elected as the vice president of Beijing Software Industry Association.
In 2002, he was elected as "Top Ten Young Entrepreneurs in the First Capital".
In 2002, he was appointed as the 863 Program — — Director of desktop office suite for major software projects.
In 2003, he was hired as an honorary professor by Zhengzhou Institute of Technology.
In 2003, he was elected as "Outstanding Entrepreneur of Zhongguancun Science Park".
In 2003, he was appointed as the 863 Program — — Computer software and hardware technology project: research on general engine of online games and development of demonstration products.
In 2003, he was named the third outstanding alumnus of Wuhan University.
On October 16, 2008, at the company strategy conference held in Beijing, Beijing UC Vision officially announced that Mr. Lei Jun, the former CEO of Jinshan Software, was appointed as the chairman of the company.
In April 2010, Xiaomi Technology was launched. Xiaomi Technology focused on the development of next-generation smartphone software such as Android and iPhone and the hot application of mobile Internet.
On July 14th, 2010, Qiu Bojun invited Lei Jun to return to Jinshan to take charge of online games and drug tyrants. At the end of 2010, Lei Jun resigned as the chairman of Youshi Technology.
On July 6, 2011, Jinshan Software announced the retirement plan of Qiu Bojun, chairman and CEO, and the nomination committee of the board of directors nominated Lei Jun as the chairman.
On July 11th, 2011, Lei Jun officially became the chairman of Jinshan Software Company.
On August 16th, 2011, Xiaomi, founded by Lei Jun, officially released Xiaomi mobile phone on August 16th.